Community Training Specialist

Job Summary:

Community Training Specialist is responsible for providing care and assistance with activities of daily living communication/socialization to individuals with disabilities under the direction of the Registered Nurse in our Day Habilitation Program.

Essential Functions:

Responsible for:

1. Toileting cleaning washing dressing undressing and basic grooming.
2. Facilitate the effective transitions of participants to and from the program.
3. Ambulation and transfers to and from wheelchairs toilet shower/bath or bed.
4. Feeding including removal/replacement of food from bags/packages and warming/cooling if necessary.
5. Providing crisis prevention.
6. Maintaining an adequate supply of clean change of clothing when necessary.
7. Performing duties of Community Training Specialist in the event of absences as assigned.
8. Other goaloriented program activities when necessary.

(The essential functions listed in this section are not limited only to the tasks indicated and may include other duties as assigned)

Qualification/Education/Experience:

1. High School Diploma or G.E.D
2. Two years fulltime employment working with persons with developmental disabilities.
3. Prior experience in Healthcare e.g. As Home Health Aide or Mental Health Aide.
4. Experience may be substituted for qualification/education.

Mathematical Skills:

1. Ability to add subtract multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers common fractions and decimals.

Reasoning Ability:

1. Ability to define problems collect data establish facts and draw valid conclusion.

Communication Demands:

1. Ability to respond to or refer common inquires or complaints.
2. The ability to respond to common inquiries of complaints.
3. The ability to effectively present information to the Supervisor consumer other program employees families guardians and advocates.

Environmental Demands:

The work is performed in a nonsmoking environment. The work is normally performed in a temperaturecontrolled zone however there are exceptions. The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

General requirements:

1. Good standing balance defined as the ability to stand and walk without a loss of

balance.

2. Full upper extremity range of motion defined as the ability to obtain:

Full shoulder flexion extension abduction and rotation.

Full elbow flexion extension supination and pronation.

Full wrist flexion extension radial and ulnar deviation.

3 Normal upper extremity strength defined as the ability to move the specified

body part through a full range of motion against maximum resistance.

4. Full lower extremity range of motion defined as the ability to obtain:

Full hip flexion extension abduction adduction and rotation.

Full knee flexion and extension.

Full ankle flexion and extension.

5. Normal lower extremity strength defined as the ability to move the specified

body part through a full range of motion against maximum resistance.

6. Full trunk range of motion as defined by the ability to obtain full flexion and

extension rotation and side bending.

7. Full cervical range of motion as defined by the ability to obtain full flexion and

Extension lateral flexion and rotation.

*Continuous: Sitting talking standing hearing

*Frequent: Reaching walking bending and lifting.

*Occasional: Climbing stairs